Legal Opinion
Sperient Corp. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided September 30, 2013No. 13-185CPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND FINAL ORDER
BRADEN, Judge.
Sperient Corporation (“Sperient”) seeks redress for the alleged breach of three cost plus fixed-fee military contracts awarded under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR”) Program1 for the performance of research and development activities. The issue before the court is whether the SBIR contracts are procurements, thereby requiring Sperient to comply with the Contract Disputes Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 601-13 (2006) (now codified at 41 U.S.C. §§ 7101-09) (“CDA”).2
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